Topic: How a Rural-Suburban WiMAX blueprint will help Thailand and the ASEAN, realise the
UN Millenium Development Goals
BIO
Leighton joined Intel in year 2000 where he headed the Australian/New Zealand solutions
organisation - with specific focus on mobile workforce strategies. Leighton led pure research in
conjunction with one of Australia's leading business schools on oragnisational mobile transformation
- helping to understand value creation of mobile-wireless workforces. In 2004, Leighton moved to
head up Intel's south-east asia solutions organisation with specific focus on programmatic publicprivate strategies to address the digital divide in the emerging markets of this region. His launch of
the ICT-literacy program in Thailand has now become Intel's global blueprint - better known as the
Government Assisted PC Program. Leighton operates the 7 countries in the ASEAN from Bangkok.